Week of Turmoil May 30, 2008

This week’s been pretty rough for me. And for a few people who are close to me.

My friends are battling a deadline to get out of their old apartment and into a new one. They’ve been packing for at least two weeks.

I broke up with my boyfriend on Thursday night. I tried to make it as painless as possible, but I ended up leaving, hearing him sobbing in his apartment as I went down the building’s stairwell. I’m pretty sure I’ve forgotten some things in his place, but most of it he’ll probably throw away.

This has been a while in the making, and only spurred into action by my desire to leave Hagerstown. This place is just simply not up to my speed. Entertainment is next to nothing around here. Not to mention that I’m three hours away from my friends. So, in about 6 to 10 months, I’d like to find myself in Richmond, living in my own place. We’ll see what happens.

Balticon-Sunday and Monday May 29, 2008

So this will be the final post for my BaltiCon weekend. Prepare yourselves, it could be a long one…

Sunday I got in real late to my room, around 3. So how I ended up getting out of bed by 9 I’ll never know. I got into my ‘princess’ costume – a white gown and a purple corset – and wandered around. I was convinced by Robert Quill – an artist outside the Valley Ballroom – to get a sketch done of me with my costume. I’m still waiting on word back from him about it… I found an apple and juice in the con suite, and people-watched. Then it was time for THE SINGULARITY! That was an incredible piece of art, and an even more incredible announcement. But I’ll let you figure that out for yourselves.

Lunch was after that, then we went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. That flippin’ rawked! I loved it. But then, panic mode set in because I got to be in my very first live podcast recording! Not only that, but it was Mr. Adventure! I had to change out of my costume because I couldn’t breathe properly in my corset. I had two small pieces at the end, and I’m pretty sure I did well. It was a good thing Jim stuck me in front of the microphones.

After that I just kinda fiddled around, and sat in on some of Indiana Jim’s interviews. He even let me play the part of the fangirl in one! It should be out sometime tonight, actually. After that, about 10 of us watched the encore presentation of The Singularity in one of the empty con rooms. That was pretty kewl. Then I passed out.

Monday was a drag, because it was the end. There weren’t any panels I wanted to go to, so I just spent the time getting in people’s photos and spending as much time as I could with my friends. I took a friend to the airport, and drove (mostly in tears) home.

I cannot wait until the next time I get to see all these wonderful people. I also hope it’s not a complete year from now.

Balticon42 – Saturday May 28, 2008

I don’t actually remember much of Saturday. I know I got up early, then fell back asleep after breakfast with Paulette and Tee. I got back up around 11 and showered so I could get into my costume. Here are the two of us, courtesy of Paulette’s phone.

We went to see the live Takeover! audio drama from Mur Lafferty. We got fed up with our costumes after a while, and changed out of them. My boots were bothering me the most. I don’t remember where I went to lunch, but I got back in time to see the last five minutes of Calls for Cthulhu. I remember hanging out in the Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy, and helping Shay find her purse afterwards. Then I think there were a bunch of people hanging out by the gazebo, and so I hung out there. Then Mae drug a bunch of people up to her room and we hung out. We called Pip over Skype, and she shut down the party ’cause we all screamed. I think I got back to my room by 3 or so.

That’s all for Saturday. I’ve probably left a bunch of stuff out. I’ve probably mixed things up, too. But that’s what happens when you don’t write about what’s happening sooner.

BaltiCon42 – Post 1 May 27, 2008

I’m going to have to break down my BaltiCon posts into several – otherwise there’s a chance it could turn into a novel. So I’ll just focus on one day per post. So that starts with Friday.

I showed up at the hotel around 11:30 am. I was one of the first ones there, aside from those who’d shown up Thursday. Lucky bastards… Anyway, I wandered around until Nobilis showed up, and then shadowed him and his wife for a while. Then others started showing up and met Tee in person for the first time. I was thrilled he actually recognized me. I ~think~ I went to the California Pizza Kitchen with Podcasting’s Rich Sigfrit, Carissa, and Indiana Jim. I sat in on the first Voice Acting Workshop panel. Then went to the 80’s party. I went to bed around one o’clock or so.

Mae gave me a bazillion pieces of Mary Kay makeup. Which means I’m set in the beauty product department for about 10 years. You must understand – I have a very skimpy beauty product set. My “regimen” consists of occasionally washing my face with cleanser and applying a moisturizer with sunscreen. If my eyes feel tired, I use an eye ‘brightener’ underneath.

This past weekend I used as much makeup as I do in a month. I wore lipstick the entire weekend. I started being conscious of it after the Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy episode.

That’s all I can think of for Friday – Next entry will be Saturday’s. Soon!

BaltiCon42 Videos May 26, 2008

Here are the videos I took at BaltiCon 42.

Tee’s Rant – It’s the second paragraph of Tee’s rant about podcasters having nemeses…

Heather’s Concert – This was the first song of her concert on the “Hrab stage” in the hotel lobby

The Breakall’s Room – A rather large group of us crammed into the Breakall’s room. This was taken just before Pip was brought in via Skype webcam and the cops were called.